conciator (kons i at or)

[As if ML., conciergė (F. pron. kôn-siarzh′), n. [F., ML. concergius, con sergius, also concergerius, conciergerius, Sp. con serje ), of uncertain origin; perhaps judicial court if they do not. The term arbitration usually implies a tribunal without power to compel attendance of parties, but with power, if parties submit their controversy to it, to decide authoritatively. conciliative (kon-sil'i-a-tiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. conciliativo ; as conciliate + -ive .] 1. Designed for or producing conciliation; reconciling; pac i- fying; conciliatory. Cole ridge .-2. Specifical- ly, pertaining to or of the nature of a court of conciliation. The president of the Universal Peace Union consented in the latter case to act as a conciliative board of one. The Century, XXXI. 947. conciliator (kon-sil'i-a-tor), n. [F. concilia- teur Sp. Pg. conciliador = It. con cilia tore , conciliator , conciliare , bring together: see con- ciliate.] One who conciliates, or gains by con- ciliatory means. conciliatory (kon-sil'i-a-tō-ri), a. [= F. con- cilia to ire = Pg. con cilia to rio; as conciliate + or good will; reconciling. IMG:content-0976.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0977.png:[blocks in formation] The amiable, conciliatory virtues of lenity, moderation, and tenderne to the privileges of those who depend on this kingdom. Burke , To the Sheriffs of Bristol, The Italian, long subject to tyrannical rule, and in dan- ger of his life if he excites the vengeful feelings of a fel- low-citizen, is distinguished by his conciliatory manner. H. Spencer , Prin, of Sociol., § 431. =Syn. Winning, pacifying. con cilium (kon-sil'i-um), n.; pl. concilia (-a). [L.: see council .] A council; an a embly.- Con cilium ordinarium, the name given in medieval Eng- lish history to the standing council of the king. About the fifteenth century it developed into the Privy Council. See privy council , under council . concinnatet (kon-sin'āt), v . t . [L. concinna- tus , pp. of concinnare , join fitly together, con- cinnus, fitly put together, well adjusted: see concinnous.] 1. To join fitly or becomingly together; make well connected; choose and compose suitably. In order that concinnated speech may not beguile us from truth. Selden, Table-Talk, Int., p. 9. Hall, Hen. VII., an. 5. [L. con- IMG:content-0978.png:[blocks in formation] A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd. I shall take leave of this island with a summary account of their [the winds'] force and direction, as observed by us from the 1st to the 8th of November. Cook, Voyages, III. vi. 8. For God is love - compendious whole Of all the ble ings of a soul. cinnatio ( n- ), concinnare , join fitly together: see concinnate, v.] The act of making fit, suitner; briefly; in few words. But to return from this digre ion, though it was almost nece ary all the rules of painting are methodically, con- cisely, and yet clearly delivered in this present treatise which I have translated. Dryden, Parallel between Poetry and Painting. The building, concinnation , and perfecting of the saints. Bp. Reynolds, The Pa ions, p. 77. concinnity (kon-sin'i-ti), n.; pl. concinnities (-tiz). [= Sp. concinidad = It. concinnità , concinnita (t-)s, concinnus , fitly put together: being concise; brevity in statement. see concinnous .] 1. Fitne ; suitablene ; con- nectedne ; harmony. Dr. Henry King's poems, wherein I find. an exact concinnity and evenne of fancy. Howell , Letters, ii. 16. The concisene of Demosthenes, the Greek orator, Dryden, Pref. to Second Misc. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. [= F. concision = conscientiously omitted was not likely, with all its con- cinnities, to make much impre ion upon the disaffected knights. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 359. Specifically-2. In gram . and rhet . , proper and consistent adjustment of words and clauses as regards both phraseology and construction; fitne and harmony of style. concinnous (kon-sin'us), a. [L. concinnus, fitly put together, well adjusted; origin ob- scure.] Suitable; agreeable; harmonious. Johnson. [Rare.] concionaryt (kon's hiō-nā-ri), a. [L. conciona- rius , prop. contionarius , contio (n-), an a em- bly: see concionate .] Same as con cio native . There be four things a Minister should be at; the Con- scionary part, Ecclesiastical story, School Divinity, and the Selden , Table-Talk, p. 73. Casuists. concionatet (kon's hiō-nāt), v. i. [ con- cionatus , prop. con tion at us , pp. of concionari , contionari (> Pg. concionar = It. con cion are ) , make an addre , harangue, contio (n-), im- prop. concio ( n- ), an a embly, contr. of OL. co- ventio(n-) for conventio (n-), an a embly: see convention .] To preach. Lithgow . con cio native (kon's hiō-nā-tiv), a . [ concio- nate + -ive.] Pertaining to preaching; suited to or used in preaching or discourses to pub- lic a emblies. [Rare.] con cion a tort (kon's hiō-nā-tor), n. [= Sp. Pg. concionador = It. con cion a tore , con cion at or , prop. con tion at or , contionari , harangue: see concionate.] 1. A preacher. Cocker am .-2. A common-councilman; a freeman. Wharton. His Attic taste had the singular merit of giving concision to the perplexed periods of our early style. I. D'Israeli, Amen. of Lit., II. 23. Brougham . The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close rece and secret conclave sat. Of some vast charm concluded in that star To make fame nothing. IMG:content-0979.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To make a final judgment or determination concludinglyt (kon-klö'ding-li), adv . Conclu- concerning; judge; decide; determine; pro- nounce. IMG:content-0980.png:[blocks in formation] Examine whether the opinion... be concludingly dem- onst rated or not. Sir K. Digby. conclusa, n. Plural of conclusum . conclusibl conclusiblet (kon-klöʻzi-bl), a . [L. L. conclusus , pp. of concludere, concludere, conclude (see conclude , v .), + -ible .] -ible.] Capable Capable of being concluded or inferred; determinable. Tis certainly conclusible that they will volun- Hammond . tarily do this. conclusion (kon-klözh -klözhon), n. [ And, the conclusion is, she shall be thine: In practice let us put it presently. Shak., Much Ado, i. 1. 6. To stop or restrain, or, as in law, estop from argument or proceedings to the contrary; oblige 2. Final.result; outcome; upshot. or bind, as by authority, or by one's own argu- ment or conce ion: generally in the pa ive: as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea. If... they will appeal to revelation for their creation, they must be concluded by it. In all these temptations Christ concluded the fiend, and withstood him. Exam , of W. Thorpe , in Words worth's Eccl. Biog., I. 266. 8t. To include. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Rom. xi. 32. Under these titles of honour do I conclude true lovers. Ford, Honour Triumphant. II. in trans. 1. To close in; come to an end. This his suttle Argument to fast'n a repenting, and by that means a guiltine of Str affords death upon the Par- lament, concludes upon his own head. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, ii. A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden, Fables. 4. A proposition concluded or inferred from premises; the proposition toward which an argumentation tends, or which is established by it; also, rarely, the act of inference. That there is but one world, is a conclusion of Faith. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 35. He granted him both the major and the minor, but de- nied the conclusion. Add is on, Freeholder. It is laudable to encourage investigation, but to hold back conclusion . Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 337. 5. In gram., that clause of a conditional sen- tence which states the consequence of the prop- osition a umed in the condition or protasis; the apodosis.-6. In rhet . , the last main divi- sion of a discourse; that part in which, the dis- cu ion being finished, its bearings are deduced or its points are summed up; a peroration, ap- 2. To come to a decision; resolve; determine; plication, or recapitulation. decide. They did conclude to bear dead Lucrece thence. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1850. The forest sages pondered, and at length Concluded in a body to escort her Up to her father's house of pride and strength. Whittier, Bridal of Penna cook, v. 3. To arrive at an opinion; form a final judg- IMG:content-0981.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To perform the act of reasoning; deduce a consequence or consequences from given prem- ises; infer. For why should we the busy soul believe, When boldly she concludes of that and this? Sir J. Davies, Immortal. of Soul, Int. concludet, n. [ concludencet, concludencyt (kon - klödens, -den-si), n. [ concludent (see -ence , -ency ); = It. concludenza.] Inference; logical deduction from premises; logical connection; consequence. A nece ary or infallible concludency in these evidences of fact. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind, p. 132. concludentt (kon-klöʻdent), a. [=Pg. It. con- cludente , It. also conchiudente , concluden (t-) s , ppr . of concludere , conclude: see conclude , v .] Bringing to a close; decisive. Arguments. highly consequential and concludent to Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind. my purpose. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien. concluder (kon-klöʻdėr), n. One who concludes. 2. To bring to an end; finish; terminate. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state. We cannot be more wretched than we are; And death concludes all misery. concludible (kon-klö'di-bl), a. [ conclude , v., + -ible .] Capable of being concluded or in- ferred. Bentley. concluding (kon-klö'ding), p . a . [Ppr. of con- clude, v .] Final; ending; terminal; closing: as, the concluding sentence of an e ay. Con- cluding line. Naut .: (a) A small line secured to the middle of the steps of stern-ladders. (6) A. line leading through the middle of the steps of a Jacob's ladder. IMG:content-0982.png:[blocks in formation] try that is, appeals to the verdict of a jury. See country , Fallacy of irrelevant conclusion.see fallacy . Foregone conclusion. (a) Something already done or accomplished; an accomplished fact. Iago . Nay, this was but his dream. Oth . But this denoted a foregone conclusion . conclusive There is very strong evidence, although it is not conclu sive , that in a given gas-say in a ve el full of carbonic acid - the molecules are not all of the same weight. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 208. The argument from the impo ibility of a thing to its non-existence is final and conclusive. Mivart , Nature and Thought, p. 113. 2. Specifically, bringing about or leading to a logical conclusion; conforming to the rules of the syllogism. Men not knowing the true forms of syllogisms cannot know whether they are made in right and conclu sive modes and figures. Locke. 3. In law, po e ing such weight and force as not to admit of contradiction. - Conclusive evidence, in law, evidence which precludes further contradiction of the fact in question; evidence which, if not disproved, precludes dispute on the point it is adduced to prove. Thus, a judgment for a debt is said to be conclusive evidence of the indebtedne it establishes, because, having been put in evidence against the debtor, he cannot usually give other evidence merely in denial of the indebtedne , unle he first gives evidence sufficient to avoid the judgment. Such evidence is said to raise a conclusive presumption of the fact it is adduced to prove. The phrase conclusive evidence is also used, more loosely, of evidence which, though not nece arily conclusive, yet, not having been contradicted, is sufficient as matter of law to oblige a jury to come to the proposed conclusion. =Syn. 1. Eventual, Ultimate, etc. (see final ), convincing, decisive, unanswerable, irrefutable. conclusively (kon-klö'siv-li), adv. In a conclusive manner; decisively; with final determination: as, the point of law is conclusively settled. IMG:content-0983.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0984.png:[blocks in formation] concord replaced by certain functions of themselves, those of the other set are also replaced by certain determinate functions of themselves.Simple concomitance, in math., such a relation between two sets of variables that, when the first set is replaced by a set of linear functions of that first set, the second set is also replaced by a set of linear functions of that second set, the coefficients of the two sets of linear functions being related together in a definite manner. The principal kinds of simple concomitance are cogrediency and contragredi. ence. = = pare: see concoct.] 1. Digestion. Also, the eating of sundrie sorts of meat require often pottes of drinke, which hinder concoction . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 252. Your words of hard concoction , [your] rude poetry, Have much impaired my health; try sense another while. Shirley, Hyde Park, ii. 4. Bad meats will scarce breed good nourishment in the Milton , Areopagitica, p. 16. healthiest concoction. 21. The proce by which morbid matter was formerly supposed to be separated from the blood or humors, or otherwise changed and prepared to be thrown off; maturation. This hard rolling is between concoction and a simple maturation. Bacon , Nat. Hist. 31. A ripening or maturing; maturity. The constant est notion of concoction is, that it should signify the degrees of alteration of one body into another, from crudity to perfect concoction . Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 838. All this mellows me for heaven, and so ferments in this world, as I shall need no long concoction in the grave, but hasten to the resurrection. Donne, Letters, lxxxii. 4. The act of preparing and combining the materials of anything; hence, the devising or planning of anything; the act of contriving or getting up: as, the concoction of a medical preScription, or of a scheme or plot. This was an error in the first concoction, and therefore Dryden, Pref. to Edipus. never to be mended in the second or third. 5. That which is concocted; specifically, a mixture or compound of various ingredients: as, a concoction of whisky, milk, and sugar. concoct i vet (kon-kok'tiv), a. [= Pg.concoctivo; as concoct + ive.] 1. Digestive; having the power of digesting. Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. gether; form, or form into, one homogeneous ma . [Rare.] For some solutions require more, others le , spirit of wine to con coagulate adequately with them. The fallow ground, laid open to the sun, concoctive. Thomson, Autumn. concolor (kon-kul'or), a . [= F. concolore = It. concolore, concolor , of one color, com- , to- gether, + color , color.] 1. Of one color; whole- [ entom . , applied to the wings of a lepidopterous insect when the upper and lower surfaces show the same colors and pat- Boyle, Works, I. 442. concoagulationt (kon-kō-ag-u-lā'shon), n . con coagulate: see -ation .] A coagulating or coalescing together, as of different substances or bodies into one homogeneous ma ; crystallization of different salts in the same menstruum. A con coagulation of the corpuscles of a di olved metal with those of the menstruum. Boyle , Works, III. 58. concoct (kon-kokt'), v . [L. concoct us , pp. of concoquere (> It. concuocere ), boil together, digest, prepare, think over, com- , together, + coquere , cook: see cook1, v.] I. trans. 11. To digest. After a (cold) Peare, either drinke wine to concoct it, or send for the Priest to confe e you. Cotgrave (s. v. vin). He must not be called till he hath concocted and slept his surfeit into a truce and a quiet respite. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 699. 21. To purify or sublime; refine by removing the gro or extraneous matter. Than the waters whereof [Nilus] there is none more sweet, and of all others most wholesome.. it is in being so concocted by the Sun. 31. To ripen; develop. more Sandys , Travailes, p. 78. IMG:content-0985.png:[blocks in formation] terns. Con colour animals, and such as are confined unto one color. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., vi. 11. Also concolorous . concolorate (kon-kul'or-at), a. [As concolor + -atel.] In entom ., having the same color: specifically said of the wings when the upper and lower surfaces have the same colors and patterns, as in some Lepidoptera.